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Does anyone have any photos of how the wiring routes around the frame? My Dad stripped his 71 XS650 1B down, and is restoring it. He going through every piece and part; had the frame powder coated, the tank, side covers, and headlight housing painted, polishing, cleaning up, or replacing...

So I'm eliminating the front filament mini turn signals on my street tracker and installing mirrors with led turn signals in them. I assume I'm going to need to get a led flasher to do that; but now I'm thinking about eliminating the rear filament mini turn signals, and getting a led tail light...

Ok. I'll check out that flasher. If I have problems or questions, and can't find it on the forum, I'll start another thread. Thanks for your help, Andy

Quick fixes are great, but knowing why the quick fix was needed, what to look for, and why it fixed the problem, is a whole lot more valuable. It's like that saying about, give a man a fish... teach a man to fish. :) I looked at the link. Probably will take a while to digest all that...

Ah ha! I didn't know what I was doing. I thought I was supposed to put the black lead on one side of the fuse, and the red lead on the opposite side of the fuse. I'm a fool. lol. Ok. I did as you said. Red led to each side of fuse, black lead to battery ground. With the bike running...

Tried unhooking the RLU, and just connecting the 2 wires on the above link. I didn't have any luck. Started the bike. Still no light. I did look at the fuses, and they seem a bit weird. The blade one that a previous owner put in is 20 amps. Then all the glass tubes say 32V on one end (32...

Your right. It is very weak. But, I've done very little electrical trouble shooting in the past. I've wired up many car stereos, amps, speakers, air horns, wolf whistles; But this is a different animal to me. I've never taken a multi-meter, and touched the leads to each side of a horn, or...

Yeah. I'm not sure what year the wiring is. This bike is a street tracker that I got at a swap meet a few years back. The frame numbers and title say it's a 79'. The motor numbers say it's a 78'. That's probably part of my problem. A horse from every town on this bike. I guess I don't...

Hi retiredgentleman, I took a look at the fuses. Looks like I have 3 glass tube type left, and 1 blade type that's been put in with crimp butt wire connections :/ Of the 3 glass tube type left I have the following: red / yellow to red /yellow brown to brown red / white to red / white...

Ok. I just tried the stuff on this site: http://www.mikesxs.net/ken_maxwell/SafetyRelayOperation.htm It seems my relay is defective afterall according to that page. The voltage on the R/Y wire is no where near the 12 volts on the 2 R/W wire with the key on. And the blue/black wire when...

Hello, I tried to get this resolved on another xs site, but I'm not getting very far. Maybe someone here can help. I started my 650 up the other morning for the first time this season, and rode it around our neighborhood addition. Part way through the headlight, and the gauge illumination...